Hey DJ, are you in Houston? Last year Montreal had 24 murders. Houston, same size as Montreal, hit That number 32 days into the year. What do you think explains that insane difference? I’ve met folks from Houston and they seemed totally chill. If the murder rate was just double, it wouldn’t be a big deal but this is like 11x more. Same population density.

Hey DJ, are you in Houston? Last year Montreal had 24 murders. Houston, same size as Montreal, hit That number 32 days into the year. What do you think explains that insane difference? I’ve met folks from Houston and they seemed totally chill. If the murder rate was just double, it wouldn’t be a big deal but this is like 11x more. Same population density.

Tbh, we don’t really think about it much. It’s also, shockingly, not that high compared to other US cities. I think it’s got a lot to do with the heterogeneity of the Houston population, and neighborhoods.

What's a shame is by those numbers you'd never think the St. Louis area is an awesome place to live. Then again, I'm white, so that's probably the reason. I would also assume the murder rate is per capita and St. Louis is not a very big big city. I've lived in a few different places. Always come back to this area.

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it's typically murders per 100k population per year. I don't know if people are using different metrics. It's a very important and telling statistic about the relative safety and violent crime of an area. It's how you know that some countries like Hondouras are like Syria (a warzone) and you didn't even realize it.

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